The Ledbetter vs. Goodyear case was brought to the courts by Lilly Ledbetter. She was on the verge of retirement at Goodyear after working as manager for 19 years. One day Lilly found a ripped paper that had her and four male co workers pay. She found that she was payed almost sixty cents for every dollar they made. Lilly brought this case to the court. The jury awarded her 3,514,417 dollars, but the law stopped the jury from awarding that much money to a case this size. She was to be given 300,000 dollars plus two years nondiscriminatory pay. The case was then brought to the 11th circuit court of appeals by Goodyear. Court of appeals only deals with lower court’s appeals. Anyone who loses can go to the court of appeals if they feel the ruling was unjust. The 11th circuit ruled in the favor of Goodyear, saying that Lilly missed the 180 day filing deadline. They stated that the 180 days time period started when she received her first paycheck, but Lilly didn’t know in her first 180 days. The case was now taken to the Supreme court. The case was no longer about if Lilly …show more content…
The options were the 180 days started when the first pay check was given, or 180 days after every pay check. Lilly Ledbetter lost the case, and lost the money. At the time there was only one female supreme court justice. Her name was Justice Ginsburg, she was a very strong believer of women rights and equality. After the ruling was announced, Justice Ginsburg stood up and made a dissenting opinion about the ruling. A dissenting opinion is a legal case written by one or more judges expressing disagreement with the majority opinion of the court which gives rise to its judgment. When not necessarily referring to a legal decision, this can also be referred to as a minority report.She said that the